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Cnik

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May 9, 2002, 10:33:45 AM5/9/02
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I am currently quite able to cd to /qsys.lib/qjvasrc.lib/.... from a
qsh yet if I want to see /home/myuser/ from the AS400 side I am unable
to locate it with wrkobj or strpdm

My question is "where is the IFS file system located within the qsys
library?

any help would be appreciated

Bradley V. Stone

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May 9, 2002, 12:59:27 PM5/9/02
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The IFS isn't in the QSYS library. The QSYS library is in the IFS.

Think of the IFS as everything on your AS/400.

Libraries are in the IFS, located in the /qsys.lib directory.
Shared Folders are in the IFS, located in the /QDLS directory.

There are a couple other "special" directories in the IFS. But these
are the main two.

So, to answer your question, you can work with directories such as
/home/myuser from WRKOBJ or STRPDM. This is only for library objects,
not directories or stream files located in the IFS.

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Giles Sadler

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May 9, 2002, 11:40:07 AM5/9/02
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Use the WRKLNK '/*' command on the AS400 to drill down through
directories from the root source.


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Robert Comer

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May 9, 2002, 1:58:40 PM5/9/02
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> I am currently quite able to cd to /qsys.lib/qjvasrc.lib/.... from a
> qsh yet if I want to see /home/myuser/ from the AS400 side I am unable
> to locate it with wrkobj or strpdm

WRKOBJ and PDM are for triditional OS400 files, not stream files like what
is in /home. You have to access these files a whole different way. (WRKLNK,
SAV, RST, EDTF, CHGAUT.....)

> My question is "where is the IFS file system located within the qsys
> library?

The simple answer to that is that it isn't located within QSYS.

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Litrik De Roy

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May 9, 2002, 2:44:29 PM5/9/02
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In fact, QSYS is part of the IFS. Not the other way around.

Check "File System and Management Basic Concepts" in InfoCenter
(http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/html/as400/v5r1/ic2924/index.htm follow
Database and file systems > File systems and management > Concepts)

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René H. Hartman

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May 9, 2002, 2:31:29 PM5/9/02
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The IFS file system is not located within the QSYS library; it's the
other way around.
Everything is in the IFS, the QSYS.LIB file system is just one of the
file systems under /
Try WRKLNK '/*' from a command line and you'll see what I mean.
Before the IFS was 'invented' the QSYS.LIB filesystem was the only,
proprietary, filesystem on the AS/400. WRKOBJ and STRPDM are commands
from those 'old' days and thus only work inside the QSYS.LIB filesystem.
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Karl Hanson

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May 10, 2002, 8:02:02 AM5/10/02
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For elaboration on others' replies, see the IFS Intro book:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v5r1/ic2924/info/ifs/rzaaxmst02.htm

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Cnik

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May 13, 2002, 11:32:48 AM5/13/02
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Ah! many thanks everyone!

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